Yasmine Hamdan Quotes

I went to college at North Carolina School of the Arts and took a lot of singing classes, and it really is so connected to emotions.

In music the passions enjoy themselves.

Singing allowed me to express myself in ways that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise.

When making a film, if I feel nothing in my body, I can't work. I have to touch. I have to feel. I never stop touching.

Singing isn't always about being on key; it's about emotionality.

Lyrics are really important for me.

I think singing it when it's done well is extremely natural. It feels great.

It feels very good to sing in Russian. It feels so good inside my body.

When I sing, I try to communicate certain emotions, and that's the voice that comes out.

I've always wanted to sing. I don't think I have a great voice, but I just think that I get the emotion. It's very authentic. Whatever emotion I'm feeling, I can sing it, and you can feel it.

I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.

As a singer, you have to bring the soul to the song.

When I sing songs, I love to put emotion into it. I want people to feel what I feel and just disappear for a moment.

I would say I am one of those people who just love to connect to people doing something I love. Can't lie, love a ballad, so expect big, powerful, emotive stuff from me!

Being singer is different than being an actor, where you call up sources from your own experience that you can apply to whatever Shakespeare drama you're in. But an actor is pretending to be somebody, a singer isn't. And that's the difference. Singers today have to sing songs where there's very little emotion involved. That and the fact that they have to sing hit records from years gone by doesn't leave a lot of room for any kind of intelligent creativity.

For me, singing was real life, not two plus two equals four.

It was Stieglitz's endeavor... to translate the unseen world of tactile values as they develop between lovers not merely into the sexual act but the entire relation of two personalities - to translate this world of blind touch into sight.

It's cool that you hear something, but what did you feel and what was your tactile and kinesthetic response to it? Those songs and creative sessions mean the most.

When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.

I would rather sing about my love affair or about a woman or to a woman than some guys any day.

Hands are the heart's landscape.

When we finished the kiss she said laughing, I can taste your loneliness - it tastes like vinegar. That annoyed me. Everyone knows loneliness tastes like cold potato soup.

Duende I can't remember her name. It's not as though I've been in bed with that many women. The truth is I can't even remember her face. I kind of know how strong her thighs were, and her beauty. But what I won't forget is the way she tore open the barbecued chicken with her hands, and wiped the grease on her breasts.

No one wants to hear me crooning a ballad.

To sing is to praise God and the daffodils, and to praise God is to thank Him, in every note within my small range, and every color in the tones of my voice, with every look into the eyes of my audience, to thank Him. Thank you, God, for letting me be born, for giving me eyes to see the daffodils lean in the wind, all my brothers, all my sisters, for giving me ears to hear crying, legs to come running, hands to smooth damp hair, a voice to laugh with and to sing with...to sing to you and the daffodils.